Chapter 38: The Mysterious Man (1)
The morning sun shines through the gaps between the leaves and on the green grass.
A merry stream flows through the woods and over mossy rocks. Unknown wildflowers are scattered on its sides, swaying its slender waist in the wind.
The early bees and butterflies are constantly busy. They flutter on the morning dew-stained flowers, picking the most fragrant honeydew of the day.
Two snow-white foxes poked their heads out of the flowers, looked around for a moment, and then leaped deftly across the stream.
"Oops, Beetle!" came the fussy cry of a girl from the woodland.
"Where?" said another girl's nervous voice in the woods.
"Look, it's crawling on that bush!" the girl kept beating her chest.
"Hima, why are you so timid?" the other girl stared at her dissatisfied, "It's so small, it shouldn't be a scarab......
"I wasn't afraid of anything, but now I'm afraid of beetles...... Linda, can you not mention the scarab, I have goosebumps all over me......"
It seems that these two girls are Linda and Hima from the north. I saw Linda pinch the little life with her hand and put it in the palm of her hand.
"Look, it's red, and it's seven black spots, it's so beautiful!" Linda blew lightly with her mouth, and the beetle flew up immediately.
"Linda, I don't understand why Grandma Helena would have walked so far to fetch water...... Why can't we just move to the Lucky Spring?"
"It's not just us who need to drink from the Lucky Spring, but also many creatures in the forest. I think Grandma Helena doesn't have the Lucky Spring to herself, but she wants all the animals in the forest to share in the good things!"
"Oh, that old woman...... Sometimes she's kind, sometimes she's fierce!" Jima couldn't help but rub her head and said, "She knocked me on a crutch last night, and my head still hurts!"
"Me too...... Those messy runes she taught are so difficult, I can't remember them!"
"Why can't she teach us the art of fighting? I imagine that Princess Catherine would be a great warrior rather than a magician ......"
"But the shaman is really powerful...... I'm confused now, and I don't know if I should be a warrior or a shaman......"
Two white shadows emerged from the bushes, half-crouching at their feet and squeaking.
The two girls immediately drew their longbows and stooped through the bushes.
Directly in front of them was a small rainbow, which was the magical Fountain of Luck. The clear spring water can make people forget all the tiredness and toil on their bodies, and even heal ** and spiritual wounds......
As long as you look for it with your heart, you can always find such a mysterious place in the forest.
When the hare and fawn that were waiting by the fountain of fortune hesitated, they immediately ran away, leaving only the little squirrels on the branches overhead, jumping between the branches and looking very nervous.
"What's that?" Linda couldn't help but cry out, "Don't tell me it's a dead man!"
On the rocks by the Lucky Spring, a man in a black robe lay lying motionless. The spring gushed out of the Lucky Spring and flowed around his side into the stream.
"Don't go, Hima!" Linda shouted, "Don't you see him in a black robe?"
Hima was taken aback by her reckless actions. Yes, only necromancers like to wear black robes, human shamans wear brown or blue cloth robes, and elven shamans prefer to wear red or white robes.
"Could it be that he is...... Is it a necromancer?" Hima's feet didn't dare to move one step further.
There was such a loud noise, and the black-robed man lay on the ground still motionless.
Is he dead?" the two girls exchanged glances with each other.
"I'll shoot him an arrow and see if he calls......" Linda began to fill the bowstring.
"Don't ...... He might just faint, and you'll shoot him with an arrow!"
"He's probably a necromancer! Besides, I'm not going to shoot him, I'm just trying to shoot him in the ass, and it won't kill him!"
"But that would also bleed...... If he only has half a breath left, and you get another arrow, will he still be angry?"
What should I do?" muttered Linda.
If the man wasn't wearing a black robe, everything would have been fine. They would immediately rush forward to see if they could help him.
But...... There's a good chance he's a necromancer!
Damn necromancer!How many of our people did they kill with their army of undead?!! Linda raised her bow again.
"But it's also possible that he isn't...... He just happened to be wearing a black robe!" Hima's voice made Linda's raised bow lower again.
"Linda, it's not right for us to do this! When we were still in the north, the elders always taught us that we had to reach out to all those in need. Only by helping each other can we overcome all difficulties!"
"But that's in the north...... Southerners are so much more cunning! Many of them just take and never give to others!" Linda shook her head, then nodded again, "Well, if he is really a necromancer, if I shoot him again, you are not allowed to stop me!"
"Yes!"
The girls crept over. Linda drew her bow and pointed the arrow at the black-robed man, who carefully flipped over.
Fortunately, the man had a big beard, not the gray and rotten face of the undead.
"Who is disturbing my sleep?" the bearded man sat up, yelling angrily.
"Who are you, how can you lie here and sleep, don't you know that we just wanted to help you?"
"I think I heard someone trying to shoot me in the ass!" the bearded man snorted.
Linda's face flushed. She stealthily lowered her bow and arrows, but her mouth still excused, "How are you lying here, letting the little animals drink?"
The bearded man looked the two girls up and down, nodded and said, "Well, it's two beautiful little girls." I can't get angry with a pretty little girl......"
When they heard that they were complimented on their beauty, the little girls immediately rejoiced. Ji Ma smiled, "Grandpa, how can you lie down here and sleep? Look at you, you are wearing such a thin black cloth robe, and you are still soaked by the spring water...... You'll have to change places and dry your clothes quickly, or you'll catch a cold!"
"What do you call me?!Am I old?" the bearded man was unhappy: "Every woman I have met says I'm very attractive, but not a single one says I'm old!"
The girls looked at the bearded man very seriously. The beard of that face was exquisitely trimmed and angular in appearance. The eyebrows are thick and the eyes are intense. He wore a different colored gemstone ring on each of his fingers, and the joints were so thick and powerful that it seemed that any hard stone would be crushed by these hands.
Wearing so many expensive rings shows that this person's status is noble. His whole body is full of strength, and he looks very majestic and frightening, but the two deep dimples on his cheeks make him seem approachable.
"Have you found my charm?" asked the bearded girls, expectantly.
To the great disappointment of the bearded man, the girls actually shook their heads. The bearded man looked up to the sky and sighed loudly: "Ah......! Alas, are you so discerning? In front of you is the most attractive man in the world!"
"Well...... Yes, I seem to have noticed something!" Jima replied politely.
"Ah...... Forget it, I don't care about you! I already know that girls generally only like little white faces!" The bearded man spat and said, "Little white faces are much worse than me! Alas, when you become mature, you may learn to be aesthetic!"
"I said, can you stop sitting by the spring, and we're waiting to get some water......" Linda was a little impatient.
"Are you fetching water for breakfast? Eun, I happen to be a little hungry too!" When the bearded man heard this, he immediately turned over and climbed up.
He was tall and stout, like a big hugging tree.
Seeing that he wanted to roll over and get up, the kind-hearted Hima wanted to reach out and pull him at first, but she hurriedly retracted her hand as if she had been burned with a soldering iron: "Oh my God, you have a fever, the temperature is so high!"
The bearded man immediately became happy: "You little girl is just talking nonsense! I am normal, I don't have a fever at all! Let me tell you, I have never been afraid of the cold, because there is a raging fire burning in my body! On the top of my Alps, there is an ice bed made of 10,000-year-old deep blue jade...... I was lying in the spring just now, just trying to remember the cold feeling, but I was ruined by you two silly little girls!"
Blow, we haven't heard of any other Alps in the world! The girls fill their skins with water, but they don't mean to leave right away.
"Let's go, take me to your campsite...... I'm still waiting to taste your cooking!" the bearded man urged.
"Go wherever you want, you're so big, we don't have that much food for you to eat!" Linda began to evict the guests.
"Alas, you little girl...... A down-and-out traveler asks you something to eat, and you won't give it to you?If everyone is like this, who will lend you a helping hand when you're down?" the bearded man began to blow his beard and glare.
"That's not the case, old man......" Jima explained.
As soon as the bearded man heard the title of old man, his beard immediately raised his height again.
Ignoring him, Hima continued, "Please forgive us for not being able to help you...... We can give you some food, but you can't stay with us!"
"Is this the hospitality of you northerners?" said the bearded man, angry. He paused with an iron rod in his hand, and sparks splashed on the ground, and a rock immediately turned to powder: "I have been to the north, and everyone there is very hospitable! I can walk into a tent at will, and each of them will bring out his best food to share with the guests...... And if the guests don't have enough to eat, they won't stop!"
Heck, what should I do when I encounter such an unreasonable scoundrel?
"If you insist on that, then I can't help it!, but I have to warn you, we have a partner who is very fierce, and she may not welcome you......"
"Yes, she's fierce! even fiercer than you!"
"Well, are you talking about 'she' and not 'him'?" the bearded man shook his head and said, "As long as it's 'her', I have a way to make her have a crush on me!"
"Well, since you say so...... But if she wants to hit you, we won't persuade you!"
"She hasn't seen me yet, how can you two little girls be sure she'll beat me?" the bearded man suddenly laughed: "Take me quickly, maybe she's still my old friend!"
The girls shook their heads helplessly and began to lead the way.
"You know what? I've been to places further north than the Great Wall many times!" said the bearded man, showing off as he walked, "Well, my last trip to the north was to the castle of the Dawn of the Gods in Bracada. All the streets and houses there are made of ice, crystal clear, and when the sun shines, the whole castle shines with colorful glow!"
"Elven people always say that they are descendants of the Titan gods, is that true?" said Hima.
"Yes, this is where they are proud! I walked down the bustling streets, listening to the cries of the vendors, and many very beautiful women walking past me...... They are attractive, gorgeously dressed, and have a charming scent, which makes me feel refreshed!
I immediately found the most beautiful woman! You may not know that the only thing that can make my heart flutter in this world is the most beautiful woman! So I followed her all the way to a famous sculptor's shop. ”
"Did you know that my avatar is also in the store!"
Linda and Hima immediately gave him a blank look.
"I saw the woman pointing to my avatar and saying, 'How much does this cost?'
The sculptor replied, a silver coin!"
"I was so angry that I thought, 'Is my avatar only worth one silver coin?'"
"But in front of a lady, I can't be angry. I saw her pointing to Hera's head again and said, "What about this?"
"Well, it's a little more expensive. ”
The woman looked at it, and pointed to the head of Hermes, and said, "And how much do you sell this?"
I clasped my hands to my chest and waited for the sculptor's reply. ”
"Do you know what the sculptor said?" the bearded man burst out laughing, and laughed breathlessly: "Haha, that's funny! As the messenger of the gods and the patron god of the merchants, I think the head of Hermes must be more expensive than mine, but the sculptor said that if you buy the first two at the same time, you don't need to pay for this one, and give it away for nothing!"
"Haha, haha......"
"When I returned to the Alps and told Hermes what I had seen, haha......" The bearded man kept rubbing his tears, "It's a pity you didn't see his embarrassed expression at that time......! Haha, I just laughed to death......"
Is it true? Could it be that this bad old man in front of him actually recognizes Hermes, the messenger of God? The girls pouted in disbelief. 2k reading web